Motion or amendment: Drug Testing Schemes - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mrs Diane Dodds on .
- MLA
- Mrs Diane Dodds
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 23 September 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Drug Testing Schemes”
- Heading
- Drug Testing Schemes - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 450729
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Drug Testing Schemes - Amendment 1
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‘recognises that there are no safe ways of taking illegal drugs; acknowledges the role of harm reduction initiatives in preventing drug-related deaths at festivals and concerts; believes this must complement the existing PSNI approach of identifying, arresting and placing before the courts those involved in the supply of illicit drugs; further acknowledges that the Health Service Executive’s rapid drug checking schemes have operated successfully at events in the Republic of Ireland, such as Electric Picnic, for a number of years, providing warnings to concertgoers on potent and potentially lethal substances; notes the ongoing work between the PSNI, Forensic Sciences Northern Ireland and Queen’s University to develop a rapid drug testing scheme which would enable harmful drugs to be identified and public alerts issued within 24 hours; further notes that we remain the only part of these islands without such provisions; stresses the need for collaboration between the Forensic Sciences laboratory at Seapark, the Health Service Executive in the Republic of Ireland, and the Home Office, in relation to developing the capacity to deliver, and licence, onsite drug testing at festivals across Northern Ireland; and calls on the Minister of Health to confirm when these schemes will be rolled out by his Department in conjunction with the relevant agencies.'
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